The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai [ Images ] franchise made it's presence felt in round two of the Indian Premier League's [ Images ] player auction, with the purchase of Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] and Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] for a total purse of US $18,25,000.
Jayasuriya fetched the highest bid in round 2, for $975,000 against his base price of $250,000.
Mumbai, which will be led by Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], then made another strong bid for Harbhajan, and pocketed him for $850,000 against his base price of $250,000.
Sri Lankan wicketkeeping sensation Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] also fetched a high price of $700,000, bought by Mohali, partly owned by Preity Zinta [ Images ] and Ness Wadia [ Images ].
Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble [ Images ], as expected, was snapped up by Vijay Mallya's [ Images ] Bangalore for $500,000
Earlier, India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] fetched the highest price in round one of the auction. He was bought by Indian Cements, owner of the Chennai franchise, for a whopping 1.5 million US dollars, approximately Rs six crore.
The bid results after two rounds:
|
Player |
Country |
Bought by Franchise |
Price (in USD) |
Base Price (USD) |
|
Round 1 | ||||
|
MS Dhoni |
India |
Chennai |
1.5 m |
4,00,000 |
|
Adam Gilchrist [ Images ] |
Australia [ Images ] |
Hyderabad |
7,00,000 |
3,00,000 |
|
M Muralitharan [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka [ Images ] |
Chennai |
6,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
M Jayawardene [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka |
Mohali |
4,75,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Shane Warne [ Images ] |
Australia |
Jaipur [ Images ] |
4,50,000 |
4,50,000 |
|
Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ] |
Pakistan |
Kolkata [ Images ] |
4,25,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Round 2 | ||||
|
Anil Kumble |
India |
Bangalore |
5,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Harbhajan Singh |
India |
Mumbai |
8,50,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka |
Mumbai |
9,75,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
Sri Lanka |
Mohali |
7,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
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